Example sentences of "be [verb] as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where assets are finance by leasing agreements that give rights approximating to ownership ( " finance leases " ) , the assets are treated as if they had been purchased outright . |
| 2 | Where assets are finance by leasing agreements that give rights approximating to ownership ( " finance leases " ) , the assets are treated as if they had been purchased outright . |
| 3 | Where assets are financed by leasing agreements that give rights approximating to ownership ( " finance leases " ) , the assets are treated as if they had been purchased outright . |
| 4 | Newly acquired words are treated as if they contrast with ones already known , and so serve to narrow down earlier over-extensions . |
| 5 | Maybe this is why I am treated as if I 've polluted the town 's water . |
| 6 | " They 're acting as if they think I did it . " |
| 7 | Yet you 're looking as if you 've lost a bit off your back . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're talking as if you have it , ’ Mark says . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're talking as if I asked you to telephone , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Most are known by name and some are greeted as if they stood before us . |
| 11 | Ferdinand VII could believe that , as in Spain itself , the years 1808–14 could be treated as if they had not existed and the ancient order could be restored . |
| 12 | Figure 9–3(b) illustrates the special ease where A and B have identical utility functions or , alternatively , where it is accepted that A and B ought always to be treated as if they had identical utility functions . |
| 13 | This gives no action to Titius , but the SC allows it to be treated as if it read fidei tuae committo ut Titio hereditatem restituas . |
| 14 | In the event of your death before the date of maturity your TESSA will be treated as if it had matured at the date of death and gross interest will be paid up to and including that date . |
| 15 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 16 | The emperor pronounced that a trust was due on these words as if , by prohibiting her from making a will , he had requested that she should make her brother heir : the wording is to be treated as if he had asked her to make over his estate . |
| 17 | The line to be edited is now in the input buffer and may be edited as if it had just been typed in . |
| 18 | ( d ) Continuation election In most cases , though not all , the continuing partners will wish the future profits of the firm to be taxed as if there had been no change in the membership of the partnership . |
| 19 | Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is to be charged as if he had made a transfer ( Continued on page 129 ) of value at that time and the value transferred had been equal to the value of the property in which the interest subsisted . |
| 20 | All it 's side had been shaved as if it had been an o had an operation . |
| 21 | Personal involvement was implicit in the tone and the procedures involved : the matters under consideration were treated as if they did matter ; epochs and makers of epochs were sharply characterized and subjected to urgent evaluation . |
| 22 | She was as white as a ghost , and her eyes were shadowed as if she had n't slept properly for weeks . |
| 23 | Sometimes people or Men changed for a moment into some semblance of shape , but then they moved and the mist drifted and they were gone as if they had never been . |
| 24 | Her hair was messed up as if she 'd come straight from bed , and her cheeks despite the coolness of the day were flushed as if she 'd recently made love . |
| 25 | ‘ They were talking as if they had lost a £10 note . |
| 26 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 27 | The rest of the hens were roaming as if nothing had happened . |
| 28 | The effect of a decree of nullity , broadly speaking , is that the marriage is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 29 | This means that a premium paid during a tax year is treated as if it had been paid during the previous tax year ; or the tax year before that , if there were no relevant earnings in the previous year . |
| 30 | The first is where it is set aside , in which case it is treated as if it had never existed . |